With the Deeds / McConnell rematch coming soon on the bigger stage of the governor's race (they previously competed for the Virginia AG slot), and with Virginia suddenly a bellwether for the popularity of the Obama administration expect no punches pulled.

First Round: GOP operative Jared Wheeler infiltrates insular Bath County, VA seeking home-town boy, Deed's court records.

What he discovers, and what is quickly leaked to the press is an arrest on alcohol possession charges. Not an arrest of Deeds, of course. He's of legal age but rather, of Deed's son, a 20 year old William & Mary student. In other news: 20 year olds at William & Mary are drinking.

For your own safety, be on the look-out for Field Research Analyst, Mr. Wheeler. Who knows what "field" he'll be researching next.

--MDT